Tech could threaten the confidentiality of the conclave. The Vatican does this to stop leaks

While the world continues to mourn for Pope Francis after its death on Easter Monday, the preparations for securing various buildings in the city of Vatican City are vote for his successor.

The conclave Start on Wednesday, about 16 days after the Pope's death, to enable grief and preparations.

In the borders of the Sistine chapel in the Vatican, 135 cardinals from all over the world will vote on who should take over the management of the Catholic Church.

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In the past, the urban and Italian authorities in Vatican and Italian anti-drone technology, electronic misery and old oaths have risen to maintain the integrity of the election.

What security measures have been taken in the 12 years since the last papal elections in 2013 in the 12 years since the last papal elections in 2013 to avoid technological violations of the secret process?

No-fly zone and anti-drone measures

For Funeral of Pope FrancisThe Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera reported that the Italian authorities had “Basookas” against their hand in order to neutralize all the drones that could appear on Rome. That was when drones injured an existing no-fly order.

The newspaper also indicated that anti-drone technology with ground tech should be used, such as computer jamming systems, to disturb the frequencies and telephone communication.

The next step was to the Italian Ministry of the Interior to confirm that these measures were available for the funeral and whether the no-fly zone would be extended during the papal elections, but received no answer at the time of publication.

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Two main security teams take care of the Vatican: the papal Swiss guard and the gendarmerie corps of the city state of Vatican.

A spokesman for the Swiss National Guard said [their] Responsibility “.

Euronews next received no immediate answer from the gendarmerie.

Technology uses in the past to prevent leaks

While some of the current security preparations are secret, we can be elected from what the Pontifical authorities set up in 2013 when Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected as Pope Francis.

In a report by Reuters in 2013, it states that the workers placed a “wrong floor” over the tiles in the Sistine chapel, in which the vote takes place, with electronic interference ends to block all signals from the chapel.

At this point, the report states that the Vatican civil servants also swept the chapel and the guest house in which the cardinals remain with anti-Bugging scanners to ensure that there are no hidden microphones.

In a report by the Italian newspaper La Stampa, it was found at that time that a Faraday cage was also installed in the Sistine chapel to block error signals.

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The cage is a metal screen or a container that prevents any electrostatic or electromagnetic radiation from getting through the exterior.

In 1996 the former Pope John Paul II determined rules in which electronic organizers, radios, newspapers, television and recorder were banned.

In the rules, the Camerlengo, the temporary church leader, ask “careful and strict checks” with “trustworthy people with technical skills” to ensure that no audiovisual equipment was “secretly installed” to take up and transfer to the outside world.

An old oath of confidentiality

Another strategy against leak is the various jury that the parties involved have to take.

Employees, civil servants and the conclaves have to explain a few days before entering the complies that they “promise and swear … [to] Do not use transmitters or recipients or photographic equipment, “even after the choice of the new Pope, unless you will be given” special permission and explicit approval “.

A similar oath of confidentiality is said during the first session of the conclaves, in which they promise to “maintain a bizarre confidentiality in terms of everything that is discussed in the meetings of the cardinals before or during the conclave and in any way, which refers to the choice of Roman pontiff”.

During the conclave, voters are not allowed to send letters, writing or printed anything to their colleagues, nor outside. Conclaves also have no access to newspapers while the discussions take place.

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Anyone who breaks the different oaths is immediately exposed to the apostolic vision.

Going the oath does not mean that information about the process has not yet been leaked through.

In 2005, a German cardinal headed the selection of Joseph Ratzinger for Pope in German media, so that they could report the election before the protodeacon could say the habitual explanation “Habemus Papam” – “We have a Pope”.

Pope Francis himself broke the long -term confidentiality rule through his book published last year, in which he was supposedly used in a failed attempt to block Pope Benedict XVI, the leader in 2005.